"The first thing you need to know is that the different kind of powers Creators can have are limitless, but they're categorised in a few categories. Even though I don't know them all, the ones I do know are Empty Worlds, Castle Worlds, and Intelligent Worlds. But these are just the ones I know, as a monster we don't know everything about them, humans know more in general. I'll explain about these three types first.
The first type of world is an Empty world, it's a world like we are in now, just the land and the seas, sometimes even night and day. Generally the creator needs to take certain things from this world and bring them to his owm world, this makes them stronger in one way ore the other. But to bring something into their world, certain rules need to be fulfilled. In most cases it means that the harder the rules are to fulfill, the more benefit bringing something into one's own world gives.
The second type of world is the Castle World, Not all Castle Worlds have castles, but they do mostly have buildings, or some even items. The abilities they get is related to the building. The one who made me a slave had a world with only a dungeon, he summoned chains and locked me up in his world. After that he branded me and made Pridove my master.
The Intelligent World is the rarest of these three, the Intelligent World doesn't have anything but a voice that helps the Creator, it gives them power by taking certain types of energy the Creator comes in contact with. This energy is converted in different abilities, knowledge, power ups, or even mutations of the body. I've once heard adventures talk about a Creator who took the energy that leaves a body when something dies, and he could 'Level Up', his mastery over the sword and his physical strength were supposedly unheard of.
That's all I know about Creators. So, what do you think?"
Only now I feel my mouth hanging open, entire worlds that are inside a human? Getting power from that world? Endless possibilities? How could I, without that power, ever hope to protect anything? Summoning chains to lock someone up? Killing to become stronger?
And here I am, feeling strong because I start to have a little skill with a scythe.
"Goba, how do I become strong if I can't create a world seed?"
He looks slightly puzzled at my question, or probably not at the question but why I asked it, so I explain.
"Knowing about Creators is good, but what if Creators are beings I could never touch? What use would knowing about them do me if I'll be forever at their mercy? It'll be more useful to know of a way to grow to be at least as strong as them, otherwise all of what I said about protecting would be just useless spouting of me, useless nonsense of a kid."
My voice goes smaller and smaller and my head goes lower and lower as I keep talking, when I finish talking there's a hand on my shoulder.
"You'll be strong, we'll grow together!"
I look and see those green eyes with those special cross shaped iris', they look at my with a scowl that comforts me. And he continues talking.
"There are many ways to become strong, but all other ways start after you become 10, your body and mind will enter a new stage of itself at that age. It's like growing grom an infant to a kid, you'll be a teenager next. So, in two weeks we'll go in the forest and we'll find something to start your growth, we'll make you a Monster Tamer!"
I can't help myself from brightening up at his declaration, and isn't he a monster himself?
"Hey Goba, I think I'm already a monster tamer."
He has his puzzled scowl again hehe, I should learn to get my face under control, this smile does feel mischievous.
"Because I tamed you already! Why don't you call me master in stead of brother?"
Goba laughs, it's a special sound, no human would be able to make this sound. Or at the very least I can't. It's like two rocks hitting each other. And as he laughs he pats my head, I can't say I dislike it.
"I think it's me who tamed you my little brother, but we'll see tomorrow morning who's going to call the other master."
The blood drains from my face, he gives of a scary vibe, I think I'll be blue all over tomorrow.
"But tell me, of those worlds that I told you about, which do you think would be the best?"
I don't even think too long about it, as I don't believe I'll become a Creator, I'm more curious about the monster tamer part.
"The Empty World, if I have a world inside me that those I care about can be inside, then I don't need to worry as I travel the world looking for things to make the place where they live better. But tell me, how do monster tamers grow stronger?"
Goba looks at me with his hand on his chin, thinking.
"I believe monster tamers form contracts with monsters, but only if they both agree. And after that the tamer does what he can to let the monster grow stronger, and with the rebound he gets from the contract, he grows stronger too.
And you do have a good point, I'd have gone for an Intelligent World. I'd become the strongest if I could have one of those."
That's true, but it sounds rather limited to me, if you need to kill to become stronger, if killing is your only way to become stronger, you'll definitely lose parts of yourself.
"How does a monster grow strong?"
Goba looks proud when he thinks about this, but I don't really know why.
"We do what the Great Creator told us to do, we evolve. We become more tomorrow then we are today. I evolved once, from a Goblin to a Grimacing Goblin, Grimacing Goblins are a quite rare evolution as it activates a little demon blood inside our veins and give us the ability to sense energy and steer it in our bodies. But more on that tomorrow. Now we should sleep, it's way too late already, tomorrow morning we will spar, and after that you'll meditate on your own. I'll go to the city and get some bread, we're running low already."